College Alc

EFFICACY RESULTS

College AlcAn independent evaluation conducted by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE) randomly assigned incoming first-year students at a mid-sized university to a College Alc group or a control group.

Relative to the control group, students who completed College Alc reported:

  • Increased knowledge of alcohol use and its effects
  • An increase in negative alcohol expectancies
  • Increased intentions to minimize alcohol-related harm (for self and/or friends)

Among drinkers, students who completed College Alc reported:College Alc

  • Decreased positive attitudes toward alcohol use
  • A decrease in high-risk drinking (5 or more drinks in one sitting for males, 4 or more for females)
  • Decreased frequency of getting drunk (past 30 days)

Citation for this study
Bersamin, M., Paschall, M.J., Fearnow-Kenney, M., & Wyrick, D. (in press). Effectiveness of a web-based alcohol misuse and harm prevention course (College Alc) among high- and low-risk students. Journal of American College Health.